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Israel and Poland’s under-21 national soccer teams played a match on Friday, but its start was interesting. No one played for the first minute of the game. They remained in their starting positions, responding to the Union of European Football Associations’ decision not to hold a moment of silence for the Israelis massacred in the October 7 attacks committed by Hamas. It’s not a good look for UEFA, but the players found a workaround (via The Guardian): UEFA refused to organize a minute of silence before the start of the match between #Israel and Poland (under-21 team). In response, the...

European football’s governing body, UEFA, has declined a request to allow Munich’s Allianz Arena to be illuminated in rainbow colors in support of LGBTQ+ rights, saying it would represent a political statement. LGBTQ+ activists and the Munich City Council had requested the action for Germany’s Euro 2020 match against Hungary on Wednesday, after legislation was passed through the Hungarian parliament banning LGBTQ+ content for minors. In a statement on Tuesday, UEFA said the action would have signaled a political message and suggested alternative dates. “UEFA, through its statutes, is a politically and religiously neutral organization. Given the political context of...

Officially called the "2018–20 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament," that mouthful is traditionally pared down to "Euro 2020" or, even more succinctly, the "Euros." This is the 16th edition of the tournament, which is designed to crown the top international team in all of Europe. After years of qualifying matches, we're down to the final 24 teams, broken into six groups of four for the group stage.

Manchester City have been drawn against Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Champions League, while Atletico Madrid will take on Bayern Munich. City, in the final four for the first time in their history, will meet Zinedine Zidane's side at the Etihad on Tuesday, April 26 before making the trip to the Bernabeu on Wednesday, May 4.

Russia's Euro 2016 qualifier in Montenegro was abandoned after multiple violent incidents in Podgorica on Friday. Just seconds in, Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was struck in the back of the head by a flare thrown from the stands at Stadion pod Goricom. While the teams played on, a second incident during the second half led to the abandonment. Roman Shirokov had a penalty saved by Montenegro goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic in the 66th minute. The ball went out for a throw-in, which Dmitri Kombarov went over to take – only to refuse to when he appeared to be struck by an...

A Turkish football club has decided to issue a hefty fine for beards, after its chairman claimed some footballers look like students of imam-training schools. "I am 80-year-old and I shave every single day," Gençlerbirliği chairman İlhan Cavcav explained the reasoning of his club's decision to start issuing a fine of 25,000 Turkish Liras ($11,200) to any of its footballers with beards. "Man, is this an imam-hatip school? You are a sportsman. You should be a model for the youth," he added in an interview with the Doğan News Agency on Nov. 15, while complaining that that his own grandson...

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[] The matchup can be summarized under various headings - Clash of philosophies, Attack against Defense and so on. Ultimately, all those headlines will point to an epic clash of champions, both of whom won their first of three European trophies at Wembley.Invariably, thoughts will meander back to the 2009 final at Rome between the same two sides. On that occasion, Barcelona were comfortable 2-0 victors bar the first ten minutes during which Man United burst forward. Eto'o scored after ten minutes and Messi guided in a rare header to make it an easy win which was laced with some...

Tuesday, 5 April 2011 Inter Milan v Schalke Real Madrid v Tottenham Wednesday, 6 April 2011 Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk Chelsea v Man Utd Tuesday, 12 April 2011 Man Utd v Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona Wednesday, 13 April 2011 Schalke 04 v Inter Milan Tottenham v Real Madrid

After a two-month hiatus, the UEFA Champions League kicks off once again with the Round of 16 games next week. The group stage ended as expected, with all European giants qualifying for the next round, although F.C. Internazionale Milano and Arsenal F.C. disappointed their fans by finishing second in their respective groups. Both teams paid the price for their inability to seize the top seed in their group, as they were handed tough first-round matches. We are going to have a look at and analyze all the second-round matchups below.A.C. Milan vs. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. This matchup will definitely be...

AC Milan (ITA) - Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Valencia (ESP) - Schalke (GER) AS Roma (ITA) - Shaktar Donetsk (UKR) Arsenal (ENG) - FC Barcelona (ESP) FC Copenhagen (DEN) - Chelsea (ENG) Lyon (FRA) - Real Madrid (ESP) Marseilles (FRA) - Manchester United (ENG) Inter Milan (ITA) - Bayern Munich (GER) Matches to be played Feb 15-23, 2011

Germany coach Joachim Low generously praised Spain ahead of Sunday's Euro 2008 final in Vienna, pinpointing their consistency throughout the competition. "The Spaniards have been the most constant team here," said Low. "They have shown consistent levels of performance, they are flexible regarding their positioning and they are sure of the passes they make. ..."We have the experience of this kind of tournament. We believe we can win such games - we have a winner's mentality."

The Russian authorities have warned Manchester United and Chelsea fans arriving in Moscow for Wednesday night's Champions League Final that there will be a zero-tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour after witnessing the trouble involving Rangers supporters at the UEFA Cup Final in Manchester last week. Russian FA president Vitali Mutko said: "We drove through the centre of the city crowded with Rangers fans last week. Almost all of them were drunk and some were urinating in the streets. [...] But perhaps the biggest danger to those who are travelling is Russia's no-nonsense approach to alcohol. Public displays of drunkenness are...

TODAY'S MATCHES @ 2:45PM EST: AC Milan v Manchester Utd Chelsea v Barcelona LIVE ON ESPN2 Lyon v Werder Bremen England's two leading clubs have it all do tonight as six teams chase places in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC both enter their first knockout round second-leg ties needing to overturn deficits. Premiership leaders Chelsea take on Primera División counterparts FC Barcelona trailing 2-1 from the first leg at Camp Nou, while United travel to AC Milan needing to score following a 1-0 defeat a fortnight ago.

The Italian, Spanish, English and French soccer league leaders - will all be in action today in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League. TODAY'S MATCHES: Barcelona v. Chelsea | Porto v. Inter | Manchester Utd v. AC Milan | Werder v. Lyon

We have live threads for Nascar, NFL, etc. so here is one for the most popular sport on the planet. American Landon Donovan and Bayer Leverkusen play Liverpool, while PSV Eindhoven, featuring U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, hosts Monaco.

Wisla Kraków secured one of the biggest away wins in European competition history as they returned from FC WIT Georgia with an 8-2 victory in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie. Frankowski scores four WIT coach Merab Kochlashvili had decided to go for broke and field an attacking lineup, but his side were caught out especially after his side adopted even more positive tactics after falling behind in Tbilisi. Within six minutes the visitors were 2-0 up with Tomasz Frankowski scoring the first two of a personal four-goal haul. Lead stretched On 12 minutes...

Welcome to the official thread for the UEFA EURO 2004 tournament in Portugal! Included in this first post is a game schedule, and several links to get tournament updates over the internet. Phase 1Matches 12 June Portugal 12:00 PM Greece Spain 2:45 PM Russia 13 June Switzerland 12:00 PM Croatia France 2:45 PM England 14 June Denmark 12:00 PM Italy Sweden 2:45 PM Bulgaria 15 June Germany 12:00 PM Netherlands Czech Republic 2:45 PM Latvia 16 June Greece 12:00 PM Spain Russia 2:45 PM Portugal 17 June England 12:00 PM Switzerland Croatia 2:45 PM France 18 June Bulgaria 12:00 PM...

<p>ROME — Soccer hooligans — not exactly known for well-mannered behavior — committed a memorably despicable act at a Rome stadium a few years back, holding up a vast banner at opposing Jewish fans: "Auschwitz Is Your Country; the Ovens Are Your Homes."</p>

ISTANBUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The decision to move two Champions League matches from Turkey to neutral venues rewards "terrorism", Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. European soccer's governing body UEFA took the decision after a series of bomb attacks in Istanbul over the last two weeks killed more than 50 people. Galatasaray's Champions League match with Juventus, initially due to be played on Tuesday, and Besiktas' game against Chelsea in two weeks will be played at later dates and outside of Turkey. The venues have yet to be announced. Militants apparently linked with Osama bin Laden (news...